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I have seen a few recipes that use a spicy peanut butter sauce that have sounded pretty tasty. Since I had just invested in a jar of cashew butter I though it would be nice to try making a cashew butter sauce. I was aiming for a tasty cashew butter sauce with a nice balance of sweet, salty, tart and spicy. I decided to use the cashew butter sauce on some chicken. Of course I had to add an herb and since I was already going with some Asian flavours I decided to throw in some cilantro. The dish came together really quickly and easily. The cashew butter chicken turned out really good! The sauce was nice and creamy and flavourful. I first had the cashew butter chicken on a simple salad but I made enough to have leftovers so that I could try it in a pasta and on some rice.

Directions:1. Heat the oil in a pan.2. Add the chicken and saute until cooked, about 4-7 minutes.3. Mix the cashew butter, soy sauce, lime juice, lime zest, garlic, ginger, brown sugar, chili sauce and sesame oil in a bowl.4. Toss the chicken and cilantro in the cashew butter sauce to coat.5. Serve on salad, rice or pasta and garnish with cashews and green onions.

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Your recipe sounds very good to me... I use peanut butter with soy sauce for vegetables, I used also recently cashew nuts in risotto with carrots, instead of pine nuts and it came out delicious.I must look for cashew butter in the shops :)

This looks yummy. When I saw it, I immediately imagined myself rolling it up with a sprig of extra cilantro or some mint in some boston bibb lettuce and eating it that way. Great way to use cashew butter! amy @ http://www.neverfull.wordpress.com

We really loved this. The only changes I would make would be to thin out the sauce a little, maybe with some chicken broth, and leave out the sesame oil, because I honestly just can't stand the flavor of it. Otherwise this was a hit, and we will be making it again!

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